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Q. and A.: Anson Chan on Beijing’s Pressure Tactics in Hong Kong

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By MICHAEL FORSYTHE JUNE 12, 2014 6:01 AM

Anson Chan, former chief secretary of Hong Kong.
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Anson Chan served as the No. 2 official in Hong Kong in the last years of the Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Media Worries Over China’s Reach as Ads Disappear

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=By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and NEIL GOUGH June 12, 2014

Jimmy Lai of Next Media Limited, which is known for its strong advocacy of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong.
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HONG KONG — In what may be a major escalation of pressure by mainland China on Hong Kong’s independent-minded news media, two major British banks have stopped advertising with one of the city’s biggest newspapers, a top media executive said. Continue reading →

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Hong Kong’s Autonomy ‘Still Subject to Beijing’

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2014-06-10


Pro-democracy activists argue with police during a rally to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square military crackdown in Hong Kong, June 4, 2014
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Hong Kong Democracy Activists Rebuke China’s White Paper

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Protesters raise a mock “white paper”, left, released by Beijing State Council on Tuesday saying it holds ultimate control over the former British colony, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, June 11, 2014. Continue reading →

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The Eurasian Perspective of the White Paper on Hong Kong

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2014-6-11 20:12:50
As I ate lunch today with a friend at House News, discussing our reaction to Beijing’s release yesterday of a White Paper on Hong Kong, I received two message from another concerned friend. Continue reading →

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HK Bar association responded to the white Paper of state info office on rule of law and one country two system policy

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HK Bar association responded to the white Paper of state info office on rule of law and one country two system policy

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2014-6-11 13:33:25

大律師公會，今午發出四頁聲明，反駁中國國務院昨日發出的《「一國兩制」在香港特別行政區的實踐》白皮書，另看報道〈大律師公會反駁白皮書 斥發放錯誤訊息〉。 Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Marks Tiananmen 25th Anniversary As China Clamps Down

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2014-06-04


A man takes a picture with his mobile phone as people hold candles to commemorate China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square events during a vigil in Hong Kong, June 4, 2014. Continue reading →

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A Visit to Hong Kong’s June 4th Museum

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AMY CHUNG06.03.14

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People visit the June 4th Museum in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, on opening day, April 26, 2014. It is the world’s first museum dedicated to the massacre in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989. Continue reading →

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